Claim CH102.2:

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Response:

Referring to something as fact does not mean it is fact. Writers often
use metaphors. I have often seen writers refer to the story of blind
men describing an elephant as if it were fact, for example, even though
it is a fictional story.

Even if the later writers thought what they were referring to was true,
it may not have been. People mistake folklore for fact all the time.